Phantasms of the Living, published in 1886, which embodies much of
the early work of the Society for Psychical Research, and in particular
much valuable discussion by its earliest honorary secretary, Edmund
Gurney, has long been out of print. But as its value has been but little
affected by subsequent investigations, and it still forms the basis on
which much of the present-day work on telepathy, and especially on
apparitions, rests, it is thought that a new edition is likely to be appreciated
by the public. Had the authors been with us still, a new edition
would no doubt have been brought up to date. New evidence would
have been included, and the discussion might perhaps have been added
to or diminished, to suit the new atmosphere which the book itself has
helped to create.

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